Interstate 70 East - Kansas Turnpike

The Topeka I-70 Toll Plaza precedes the wye interchange with Interstate 70 overtakes I-470 east along the Kansas Turnpike.
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The East Topeka Interchange system linking I-70, I-470, U.S. 40 and K-4 was completed in 2002.
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Replacing the original facility demolished for the East Topeka Interchange, the Topeka Service Plaza was constructed along the north side of the Kansas Turnpike between Stubbs Road and U.S. 40.
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Flyovers connect the Kansas Turnpike northbound with the Topeka Service Area. The previous five service plazas fall within the median of the toll road.
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Leaving the Topeka Service Area, Interstate 70 east crosses the Douglas County line above U.S. 40.
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The Lecompton Interchange with K-10 is the first of three exits from I-70 eastbound to Lawrence.
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Exit 197 represents the west end of K-10, an expressway and freeway corridor extending from Lawrence to I-35/435 at Lenexa.
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The historic city of Lecompton lies north of I-70 along CR 1029 (E 600 Road). CR 438 parallels the Kansas Turnpike east from E 600 Road to E 850 Road at K-10.
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K-10 is the South Lawrence Trafficway, a two lane expressway encircling Lawrence south to U.S. 40/59 (Iowa Street) and a four lane freeway from there to Eudora.
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A roundabout interchange (Exit 202) links the Kansas Turnpike with McDonald Drive south to U.S. 40/59 at W 6th and Iowa Streets.
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Part of a $130 million project replacing the bridges over the Kansas River, construction from 2008 to 2012 expanded the Kansas Turnpike east to six lanes from ahead of Exit 202 to a point beyond Exit 204.
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U.S. 40/59 combine along Iowa Street south to the University of Kansas and K-10 (S Lawrence Trafficway). U.S. 59 continues from there to Ottawa.
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Like Exit 202, the trumpet interchange at Exit 204 was also rebuilt into a roundabout interchange. The new exchange opened on October 6, 2010.
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U.S. 40/59 follow 6th Street east to Downtown Lawrence, where they turn north across the Kansas River onto N 2nd Street.
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U.S. 40/59 separate 0.53 miles north of I-70. U.S. 40 combines with U.S. 24 east to Lawrence Municipal Airport (LWM) and Tonganoxie and U.S. 59 joining U.S. 24 west to Williamstown.
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Shifting northward, Interstate 70 enters Leavenworth County ahead of K-32.
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The Lawrence Service Area follows from I-70 (Kansas Turnpike) eastbound at mile marker 209.
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CR 1 (222nd Street) runs north from K-32 to a diamond interchange with the Kansas Turnpike at Exit 212.
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North from Exit 212, CR 1 (222nd Street) continues to U.S. 24/40 near the city of Tonganoxie.
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Costing $16.7 million, the exchange at Exit 212 opened to traffic on December 29, 2009.¹
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The East Terminal Toll Plaza lies east of Stranger Creek and mile marker 216.
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